Alex Leith

Chromatic Limbo: Energetic Landscapes Emerging from Reference and Invention
March 4, 2024 - May 3, 2024
150 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH 03867
Reception: April 6, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Alex Leith, a native of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, spent his formative years in the unique environment of a family-run funeral home, providing him with a distinctive backdrop for his artistic journey. His educational path led him to the University of New Hampshire, where he pursued a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree specializing in painting and…

Julie K. Gray

Neither Created Nor Destroyed
January 8, 2024 - March 1, 2024
150 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH 03867
Reception: February 3, 2024 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Julie K. Gray is an interdisciplinary artist based in Biddeford, Maine. Her primary mediums include sculpture, photography, and needlepoint. She obtained her BFA in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2005 and completed her MFA in Studio Art at the Maine College of Art in 2012. Gray has exhibited extensively in New…

Kaleidoscope

Creative Guts
November 6, 2023 - January 5, 2024
150 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH 03867
Reception: November 18, 2023 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

The Rochester Museum of Fine Arts, in collaboration with Creative Guts, is pleased to announce Kaleidoscope, a group exhibition featuring more than 50 pieces of original artworks.  Organized by Creative Guts, Kaleidoscope began as an open call, attracting artist submissions from all over the region. The Board of Directors for Creative Guts juried the works…

Zach Tinker

For the Plot
September 4, 2023 - November 3, 2023
150 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH 03867
Reception: October 7, 2023 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Zach Tinker, a talented artist hailing from New Ipswich, New Hampshire, has dedicated most of his life to the pursuit of artistic expression. With a deep-rooted passion for painting, skateboarding, and photography, Zach has seamlessly merged his interests to create captivating works of art that resonate well with viewers. Drawing inspiration from a diverse range…

Trevor Toney

Folding Space
July 5, 2023 - September 1, 2023
150 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH 03867
Reception: August 5, 2023 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Trevor Toney is a gifted artist, woodworker, furniture maker, sculptor, and painter, currently residing in Massachusetts. He earned his Associates in Furniture Making and Design from the prestigious Worcester Center for Crafts in 2004, where he was honored with The David L. Morreale Art Award for Excellence in Design and Craft, a testament to his…

Nate Twombly

By & By
May 8, 2023 - June 30, 2023
150 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH 03867
Reception: June 17, 2023 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Nate Twombly is an interdisciplinary artist and illustrator hailing from Hooksett, New Hampshire. His artwork is a tribute to the charming and delightful aspects of everyday New England life, captured in exquisite detail in his illustrations. Nate obtained his degree from the New Hampshire Institute of Art in 2009, and has since created a diverse…

Debra Claffey

Native Intelligence
March 6, 2023 - May 5, 2023
150 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH 03867
Reception: April 1, 2023 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Debra Claffey is an accomplished artist whose work focuses on plant and foliage forms as a means of exploring the human condition. She uses her scientific knowledge of horticulture to inform her aesthetic appreciation of the natural world. Her paintings are created using oil, encaustic, and mixed media, and she employs direct observation of nature…

Laura Harper Lake

Vivid and Vulnerable Vessels
January 9, 2023 - March 3, 2023
150 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH 03867
Reception: January 14, 2023 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Laura Harper Lake is an interdisciplinary artist and designer who works under the moniker Artful Harper Studios at the Exeter Stations Studios in Exeter, New Hampshire. She has been creatively driven her whole life and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Studio Art from Chester College of New England in 2007. Laura has…

Alicia Sampson Ethridge

The Birds and the Herds
November 7, 2022 - January 6, 2023
150 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH 03867
Reception: November 19, 2022 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Alicia Sampson Ethridge is a contemplative artist and mother of two, living in coastal Maine. Born in New Jersey in 1984, she moved to Maine in 2008. Ethridge worked as a grief counselor employing expressive art therapies for six years before she was initiated into the Interspiritual Order of Art Monastics in 2014. She studied…

Michelle Peterson

Threads and Where They Lead
September 6, 2022 - November 4, 2022
150 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH 03867
Reception: September 30, 2022 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Michelle Peterson is a visual artist, receiving her BFA from New Hampshire Institute of Art in 2011, and her MFA from the Institute of Art and Design at New England College in 2020. She works in multiple mediums, including painting, photography, and fiber art. She is a mother of two and resides in southern New…